Sexual selection and survival selection on wing coloration and body size in the rubyspot damselfly Hetaerina americana

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1939-1948

  Grether, Gregory F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; natural selection; Odonata; ontogeny; phenotype manipulation; selection differential; selection gradient

Indexed keywords

HETAERINA AMERICANA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

BODY SIZE; RUBYSPOT DAMSELFLY; SEXUAL SELECTION; WING COLOUR;

EID: 0029659224     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03581.x     Document Type: Article

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